Grant v. George C. Treadwell Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the George 0. Treadwell Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of April, 1895, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court after a trial at the New York Circuit.
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The complaint alleges two causes of action upon two promissory notes, each for $2,500, made by the defendant corporation dated August 21, 1893, to the order of Geo. H. Treadwell and indorsed by him. The single defense set up is that the corporation did not make the notes. Upon the first trial the complaint was dismissed and the judgment entered upon such dismissal was subsequently reversed by the General Term, upon the ground that “ whether the president was authorized to make the notes should have been submitted to the jury.” As said in the opinion of the court: “ The inherent…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- National Spraker Bank v. George C. Treadwell Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894
- Grant v. George C. Treadwell Co.New York Supreme Court · 1894
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